Sex Harassment

A Michigan restaurant will pay $200,000 to end a lawsuit that claimed the restaurant’s owner made repeated lewd comments to a female sous-chef, then fired her.

Protocol Restaurant in Buffalo, New York, will pay $90,000 and take other steps to settle a sex harassment lawsuit.

GRK Fresh Greek, a Manhattan restaurant chain, will pay $32,000 and take other steps to settle a sex harassment lawsuit.

A Chili's restaurant in Colorado will pay $150,000 to settle a sex harassment lawsuit charging sex-based harassment and retaliation filed by the EEOC.

There is a culture of sexual harassment in the restaurant industry that has affected many low-wage tipped employees, particularly young women.

Pei Wei Fresh Kitchen will pay $300,000 to former employees as part of a settlement of a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by the EEOC.

Christini's Ristorante Italiano has agreed to pay $80,000 and furnish other relief to settle a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. EEOC.

Two restaurants in Carmel, California were sued by the EEOC for permitting employees to be sexually harassed by a cook.

A Subway franchise in the Albany area will pay $80,000 and take other steps to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit brought by the EEOC.

Del Taco fast food chain was hit with a lawsuit by the EEOC for discrimination against its female employees and subjecting them to sexual harassment.